Russians Reach Bratislava Gap In Drive Toward Stettin
Two Russian armies push through Bratislava Gap facing stiff German resistance and move toward Wiener Neustadt and the vital railway to northern Italy. Malinovsky forces advance in the Carpathians while a second column nears the Lanschutz junction. Prisoner surrenders tally over 32 150 in the last 24 hours.
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Moscow
Bratislava
Vienna
Feodor Ibukhin
Wiener Tua
Lietha Mountains
Wiener Neustadt
Italy
Rodion Y. Malinovsky
Karpaty
Slovakia
Lanschutz
Batislava
Szenc
Okinawa Invasion Opens With Large Beachhead
The War Today notes a major operation in the Pacific, with about 100000 troops landing on Okinawa and surrounding Kerama islands. It highlights rapid progress and low initial casualties, crediting Allied air bombardment and a joint British escort for the successful landing.
Yanks Land on Okinawa as Invasion Begins
U S Tenth Army Marines and infantry opened a invasion of Okinawa Easter morning 325 miles from Japan as airfields and villages were seized on all sides. Navy reports say U S landings on Kume Island preceded main assault and a beachhead three miles wide was established by night. General Nimitz predicted a final victory but warned Japan remains to be conquered.
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Guam
U. S. Tenth Army
Okinawa
Japan
Nagagusuku Bay Fleet
New York
Kume Island
Tokyo
Blue Network
Ewr
Quicky
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Katena
Nimitz
Aircraft Carriers Planes and Procedures Described by Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle explains Western Pacific carrier operations detailing flight deck parking and takeoff sequence. He notes rear deck launches, rear parking for takeoffs, front deck occupancy during landings, and the practice of re spotting planes with Fordson tractors. He describes barriers, signaling, and nightly plane tying down to withstand storms and long voyages. The narrative also references Tolbukhin’s rapid Eastern Front advance and actions near Bratislava and Vienna.
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Western Pacific
Fordson
Soviet Drive Near Wiener Neustadt and Vienna
Russian forces fought to widen advances around Neu Dorff near Wiener Neustadt in Austria and pressed toward Vienna. Soviet columns broke through within about 20 miles of the Austrian capital and pressed German forces in the Bratislava gap.
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Moscow
Neudorff
Messerschmitt
Wiener Neustadt
Austria
Vienna
Bratislava
Hitler Tops Roster of War Criminals Named for Trial
London April 2 Adolf Hitler heads the roster of war criminals as the United Nations War Crimes Commission announces five lists to be drafted for trial. Chiefs of state will have no immunity. only Hitler's name is public. Emperors Hirohito may be included. others withheld to prevent forewarnings and reprisals.
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London
Adolf Hitler
United Nations War Crimes Commission
Hitler
Hirohito
Eight Die In Deep South Floods Tornadoes
Floods, tornadoes and tidal waves across the Deep South kill eight people, leave many homeless, and cause extensive damage. A three foot Gulf tidal surge floods Morgan City Louisiana while Mobile Alabama sees a drowning. Caney and Many Louisiana Creole area hit by tornadoes, Birmingham and Tuscaloosa report wind damage and injuries. Tent camps form for flood refugees.
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Deep South
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atchafalaya
Morgan City
Mobile
Ala
Mobile Bay
Caney
Many
Birmingham
Tuscalooosa
Easter Means Eggs To 350 Children
In Spokane on April 2 4 Dean Charles McAllister asked 350 children gathered in a church what Easter means. The children answered in unison Eggs.
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Spokane
Wash
Charles McAllister
Supers Raid Tokyo Nakajima Engine Plant In Night Strike
Tokyo reports a large force of B 29s probably 150 attacked over the Tokyo Yokohama area starting at 2 30 a m. They concentrated explosives and incendiaries on the Nakajima aircraft engine plant on the northwestern outskirts, setting numerous fires during the pre dawn raid. The mission came from Saipan bases and was the first low level strike on the plant, a major Nippon engine producer.
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Guam
Tokyo
Nakajima
Saipan
Tokyo-Yokohama
Nippon
Raleigh Woman Fatally Burned in Home Fire
Mrs. John V. Higham a prominent Raleigh resident known for church and club work and entertaining soldiers was killed when her home burned early today. She was found across the front door frame after apparently waking to flames and smoke. She was about 65.
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Raleigh
John V. Higham
Lexington Col. To Pay Yanks Off In Yen
Okinawa dispatch notes American troops in the invasion carry ten cent yen notes. Maj. Gen. Fred C. Wallace says the fixed rate aimed at invasion needs, not a long term currency precedent. Col. Hiram B. Turner will pay all troops on Okinawa in yen henceforth.
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Okinawa
Ryukyu Islands
America
Fred C. Wallace
McMinnville
Tenn
U. S
Hiram B. Turner
Aurora
Ind
Lexington
N. C
Byrnes Resigns as War Mobilization Chief Vinson Named Successor
President Roosevelt accepted James F Byrnes resignation as director of war mobilization and reconversion and named Fred M Vinson to replace him. Byrnes will remain until Vinson is approved by the Senate and will start his new duties then. Vinson has held multiple posts including federal loan administrator and stabilization director. Roosevelt expressed heartfelt regret and Byrnes plans a rest at Spartanburg after handing over duties.
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Washington
Roosevelt
James F. Byrnes
Fred M. Vinson
Byrnes
Vinson
Senate
Congress
Germany
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Kentucky
Supreme Court
South Carolina
Fred Vinson
Bradley Sends Tank Columns Past 2 Towns
Paris April 2 The American Third Army pushed into Fulda and Kassel 165 miles from Berlin and 198 miles from Russian lines. Bradley’s tanks advanced beyond Kassel and Fulda with one column nine miles from Leip zig, near Eisenach, as Patton's army neared Leipzig to split northern Reich forces from the Bavarian Alps. The Ninth Army lay 100 miles east of the Rhine.
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Paris
Fulda
Kassel
Berlin
Germany
Ruhr
Omar N. Bradley
Eisenach
Allied push into Germany tightens as Ruhr trap seals fate
The Ruhr trap closes on Field Marshal von Model’s Army Group B as First and Ninth Armies trap the final western left. Eisenhower signals the campaign will continue with Allied armored columns driving toward Germany. Patton’s 160 miles from Berlin and Patch’s Seventh Army within 45 miles of Nuernberg.
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Walther von Model
Eisenhower
Rhine
Ruhr
Germany
Georges. Patton
Alexander M. Patch
Seventh Army
Nuernberg
Allied Warships Rake Positions Of Germans
Allied warships bombarded German positions along the French Italian frontier including San Remo harbor. The US destroyer Saub took part, a small enemy vessel was sunk in San Remo harbor by the French cruiser Gloire, and port facilities plus a radio station were damaged. Light German artillery and flares lit the Fifth army front while patrol skirmishes occurred south of Bologna. Strong German patrols raided near Alfonse but were repelled.
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Rome
San Remo
United States
Saub
Gloire
Italy
Fifth Army
Bologna
Eighth Army
Alfonsine
Atrocities Ordered by Japanese in Manila Reported
Captured Japanese documents and diaries reveal battle orders directing mass killings of civilians in Manila during the fighting. Witnesses describe death orders, mass executions, and a dungeon tomb at Fort Santiago with hundreds of victims.
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Manila
Associated Press
Fred Hampson
U. S. Army
Kobayashi Group
Intramuros
14Th Corps
Fort Santiago
Intramoros
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Robert Capa
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Winston Churchill
Ernie Pyle
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